Xi tours Central Asia between G20, SCO summits

Source:Globaltimes.cn Published: 2013-9-4 16:36:00

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Chinese President Xi Jinping pays state visits to Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan from September 3 to 13. Xi will attend the eighth Leaders' Summit of the Group of Twenty (G20) in St Petersburg, Russia on September 5 and 6, and he will also attend the 13th Meeting of the Council of Heads of Member States of SCO in Bishkek, capital of Kyrgyzstan, on September 13.

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